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Public Holidays and Bank Holidays for Guatemala

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The list of Guatemala bank holidays, national holidays and public holidays for 2008, comes from the Q++ Worldwide Public Holidays Database, the professional source of international public holidays long trusted by the world's foremost diary publishers. The information on this page is provided for private, non-professional, use. Qualified professionals can license data for 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, and beyond. For details, please visit our licensing information page or

 
At the bottom of this page:   Recent News and Updates    Background Information    Footnotes    Disclaimer
 

Date in 2008

Holiday Name Observance*
Tue New Year's Day
Thu Maundy Thursday
Fri Good Friday
Sat Holy Saturday
Sun Easter
Thu Labor Day
Mon Army Day
* Tue July Bank Holiday Banks
* Fri Assumption Day (Guatemala City) Regional
Mon Independence Day
* Sun Día de la Raza Bnk+Othr
Mon Revolution Day
Sat All Saints' Day
* Wed Christmas Eve Afternoon
Thu Christmas Day
* Wed New Year's Eve Afternoon

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Recent News and Updates

24 Aug 2007 (Telediario 3) The President of Guatemala, Oscar Berger, announced, earlier today, that he had declared Monday, September 10, 2007, as a one-off public holiday to compensate people for traveling back, often far, to their place of electoral registration, for the Presidential and Legislative elections on the day before.  14 Feb 2007 (Office of the Press Secretary, the White House) US President, George W. Bush, and First Lady, Mrs. Bush, will travel to Brazil, Uruguay, Colombia, Guatemala, and Mexico (in that order) from March 8-14, 2007. One can expect major disturbances in these countries' capitals due to heightened security and anti-American demonstrations.  More News Updates For the full version of the summarized news items above, and older news items not displayed above, go to the Guatemala public holidays news and updates page, or worldwide public holidays news and updates page, or subscribe to one of our free email newsletters.


Background Information

Governing Law: The official public holidays of Guatemala are specified and regulated by article 127 of the 2002 Código de Trabajo (Labour Code).  Assumption Day is only a public holiday in Guatemala City.  December 31st is the Year End Bank Holiday. If it falls on a weekend, then it is observed on the preceding Friday. If it falls on a week day, then although the banks are closed, others usually work until noon.  Other Sources of Information For information not covered here, see the following specialized websites: Bank of Guatemala (Guatemala central bank), ASI Hot Spots (security-related world events: terrorist threats, political strife, strikes, criminal activity, aviation incidents and health outbreaks), CIA World Factbook (maps, demographic and economic statistics), Copp Clark (financial markets' trading hours, settlement holidays and currency non-clearing days), and the IFES Election Guide (information covering upcoming elections, referenda, electoral structures and past voter participation).


Footnotes
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Observance : Any entry in the Observance column indicates that, in Guatemala, the holiday may be regional or non-official or limited to certain religious and/or linguistic groups, or begin at a time other than midnight. Note that religious holidays are included only if they are national public holidays, or if the national labour code has specific holiday allowances for employees of specific religions. For more information, see our pages on the religious calendars of the world. Aft=Afternoon, Arm=Armenian, Bah=Bahai, Bnk=Banks and most financial institutions, Bud=Buddhist, Cat=Catholic, Chr=Christian, Cop=Coptic, Eve=Evening, Gov=Government services and civil servants, Hin=Hindu, Jew=Jewish, Lin=Linguistic or ethnic groups, Mor=Morning, Mun=Municipal, Mus=Muslim, Orth=Orthodox, Othr=Miscellaneous partial observances (usually described in the Additional Information section of this page), Prt=Protestant, Reg=Regional, Rel=Other Religion, Sch=Schools and universities, Sik=Sikh.


Disclaimer
In many parts of the world, holidays are subject to arbitrary, last minute, changes by local authorities. While every effort has been made to present an accurate list of 2008 bank holidays, legal holidays and public holidays for Guatemala, we cannot accept any responsibility for any error or omission in the data presented above. You are therefore advised to verify the above dates with the embassy or consulate of Guatemala, before planning any trip to Guatemala. For last-minute updates to worldwide public holidays, visit our blog or subscribe to our free email newsletters.



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